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I spent 32,000 KES to buy two oxen to help me in farming, bought a sewing machine at 10,000 KES and two sheep at 3,000 KES. The rest was spent on daily house hold expenses.

Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.

Before I got money from GD, I used to spend money to hire oxen from other people to plough my farm. Since I bought my own oxen, I've managed to save much money that I would have otherwise spent on farm expenses. The money saved has helped me a lot in daily household expenses.

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10000 KES ($98 USD)

access_time over 3 years ago

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What did you spend your first transfer on?

I spent my token payment on buying a steel door and paying for labour fees for fixing it.